How To Install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-ipython
IPython provides a replacement for the interactive Python interpreter with extra functionality. Main features * Comprehensive object introspection. * Input history, persistent across sessions. * Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated references. * Readline based name completion. * Extensible system of ‘magic’ commands for controlling the environment and performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system. * Configuration system with easy switching between different setups (simpler than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time). * Session logging and reloading. * Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations. * Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system. * Easily embeddable in other Python programs. * Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler. This package provides IPython for in a terminal.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-ipython.
Install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-ipython using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-ipython
Install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-ipython using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-ipython
How To Uninstall python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-ipython package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-ipython
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ipython on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
